Evidence-Based Research on Internet Connectivity

Christopher S. Yoo and Sharada Srinivasan weigh in on the Internet Access discussion via a newly published article, Evidence-Based Research on Internet Connectivity: A Prerequisite for Effective Policymaking.

The drive towards universal Internet access is a complicated venture, the difficulties of which are becoming more and more apparent as momentum builds. And while those efforts are built around working out technological and policy solutions towards bridging the digital divide, it becomes incumbent on us to measure our efforts.

Yoo and Srinivasan initiate a much-needed discussion around the requisite to catalog the implementation of sustainable development goals. The refinement of techniques and methodologies of our labor will ensure a grounded and efficient approach to connectivity.

In their article, Yoo and Srinivasan provide a three-tiered outline towards a systematic, evidence-based research project that would allow a representation of labors that goes beyond the currently biased focus on success stories.

Can IEEE, through its resources and standards expertise, advise a systematic, evidence-based research project such as the one presented in the three-step approach outlined in the article? If so, how?